21 people including Superintendents of Police and SHI killed in Mathura violence

21 people, including an SP and an SHO, were killed on Thursday night in the massive clash between police and encroachers that broke out here yesterday even as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ordered an inquiry.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who spoke to Yadav, expressed anguish over the loss of lives and assured all necessary help to the state government.

The violence had erupted when police were trying to evict illegal occupants, believed to be of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi, from Jawahar Bagh yesterday on the directions of the Allahabad High Court.

In Lucknow, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ordered a probe by the divisional commissioner of Mathura, an official spokesperson said.